Teaching the Past,
Changing the Future
The Ackerman Center is a distinguished and publicly-engaged academic center that offers an in-depth view of the Holocaust, genocide, and human rights studies within a dedicated facility. We provide an educational, engaging, and transformative experience for our diverse students, who carry our mission with them as educators, professionals, and leaders in America and around the world. By advancing a continuous engagement with the past, the Ackerman Center will be a vital part of promoting solutions to the challenges to global justice and peace in our world.
“UT’s institutions are finding innovative ways to ensure that educational offerings fit the needs of employers in order to equip our graduates for competitive job opportunities immediately upon graduation, while also reskilling and upskilling non-traditional students.” – UT System Chancellor James B. Milliken
The foundation of the Holocaust Studies Program is the curriculum taught by our faculty at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Because the Holocaust must be studied not by a single type of scholar such as a historian, but by academic scholars from other fields, the interdisciplinary structure of both the program and its courses offers students at every level the opportunity to study the event, its antecedents, and its legacy from multiple perspectives.
Graduate Certificate in Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Studies
This certificate is designed for scholars and educators in schools, universities, museums, community professionals, community leaders, those involved in interfaith dialogue, and adult learners taking classes for personal enrichment or credit. Both degree and non-degree-seeking students are eligible for admission to the certificate program.
Undergraduate Minor in Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Studies
Students who enroll in this minor will explore the elements of totalitarian regimes that implement atrocities, genocide, and human rights violations. The minor is designed to enable students to identify and understand the nature of democracy, tolerance, and the legacy of racism.
Micro-credential in Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Studies
Certification in this field of study allows for broader cross-campus collaboration and integration with majors. It is awarded to graduating undergraduates in addition to their diploma, providing them with supplemental credentialing as they enter the job market. Learn more here.
Teaching
Providing an educational, engaging, and transformative experience for our diverse students, who carry our mission with them around the world.
Research
Collaborative research remains at the heart of our mission with ongoing projects advancing the scholarship of Holocaust studies and related fields.
Outreach
By advancing a continuous engagement with the past we promote solutions to the challenges to global justice and peace in our world.
In the News
Find out about the latest Ackerman Center updates and learn what’s next for the center, our faculty, and our students.
